2011
A conformational switch in complexin is required for synaptotagmin to trigger synaptic fusion
Krishnakumar SS, Radoff DT, Kümmel D, Giraudo CG, Li F, Khandan L, Baguley SW, Coleman J, Reinisch KM, Pincet F, Rothman JE. A conformational switch in complexin is required for synaptotagmin to trigger synaptic fusion. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2011, 18: 934-940. PMID: 21785412, PMCID: PMC3668341, DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptor Proteins, Vesicular TransportAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBinding SitesCrystallography, X-RayHumansMembrane FusionModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, Site-DirectedNerve Tissue ProteinsProtein Structure, TertiaryRatsSynaptosomal-Associated Protein 25SynaptotagminsSyntaxin 1Vesicle-Associated Membrane Protein 2Complexin activates and clamps SNAREpins by a common mechanism involving an intermediate energetic state
Li F, Pincet F, Perez E, Giraudo CG, Tareste D, Rothman JE. Complexin activates and clamps SNAREpins by a common mechanism involving an intermediate energetic state. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2011, 18: 941-946. PMID: 21785413, PMCID: PMC3736826, DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchComplexin cross-links prefusion SNAREs into a zigzag array
Kümmel D, Krishnakumar SS, Radoff DT, Li F, Giraudo CG, Pincet F, Rothman JE, Reinisch KM. Complexin cross-links prefusion SNAREs into a zigzag array. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2011, 18: 927-933. PMID: 21785414, PMCID: PMC3410656, DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCD9 tetraspanin generates fusion competent sites on the egg membrane for mammalian fertilization
Jégou A, Ziyyat A, Barraud-Lange V, Perez E, Wolf J, Pincet F, Gourier C. CD9 tetraspanin generates fusion competent sites on the egg membrane for mammalian fertilization. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2011, 108: 10946-10951. PMID: 21690351, PMCID: PMC3131345, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1017400108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdhesion sitesFusion-competent sitesWild-type eggsCD9 tetraspaninEgg membrane proteinsSperm-egg fusionMembrane proteinsGamete membranesMammalian fertilizationCompetent sitesGamete interactionAdhesion eventsTight proximityEgg membraneCD9TetraspaninsEggsFertilizationMembraneStrong-interaction modesAdhesion probabilitySitesFusionInteraction modesProtein
2005
The Solution to the Streptavidin-Biotin Paradox: The Influence of History on the Strength of Single Molecular Bonds
Pincet F, Husson J. The Solution to the Streptavidin-Biotin Paradox: The Influence of History on the Strength of Single Molecular Bonds. Biophysical Journal 2005, 89: 4374-4381. PMID: 16169976, PMCID: PMC1367001, DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.067769.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2004
Specific Recognition of Macroscopic Objects by the Cell Surface: Evidence for a Receptor Density Threshold Revealed by Micrometric Particle Binding Characteristics
Sarda S, Pointu D, Pincet F, Henry N. Specific Recognition of Macroscopic Objects by the Cell Surface: Evidence for a Receptor Density Threshold Revealed by Micrometric Particle Binding Characteristics. Biophysical Journal 2004, 86: 3291-3303. PMID: 15111442, PMCID: PMC1304194, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(04)74377-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntigens, CD19Binding SitesBiophysicsBiotinylationCell AdhesionCell Line, TransformedCell Line, TumorCell MembraneDiffusionFlow CytometryHumansKineticsLigandsLymphoma, B-CellMicroscopy, FluorescenceModels, BiologicalProtein BindingScattering, RadiationStreptavidinStress, MechanicalSurface PropertiesTemperatureTime Factors
2001
From Macroscopic Adhesion Energy to Molecular Bonds: A Test of the Theory
Pincet F, Perez E, Loudet J, Lebeau L. From Macroscopic Adhesion Energy to Molecular Bonds: A Test of the Theory. Physical Review Letters 2001, 87: 178101. PMID: 11690314, DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.87.178101.Peer-Reviewed Original Research